Question

In Asp.net I have a listview that has a column called “Amount”. Negative numbers are displayed as (111.111) and porsitive #s are sdisplayed as 111.11. How can I right-align the numbers on decimal? If there wasn’t any parenthesis it would be easy. However, this is a requirement.

Thanks

Answer 1

Color the parenthesis the same as the background when the number is non-negative. Right align.

   <asp:ListView ID="MainListView" runat="server">
        <LayoutTemplate>
            <table style="text-align:right;">
                <tr id="ItemPlaceholder" runat="server" />
            </table>
        </LayoutTemplate>
        <ItemTemplate>
            <tr>
                <td>
                    <span runat="server" style='<%# GetStyle() %>'>(</span>
                    <%# Eval("Item") %>
                    <span runat="server" style='<%# GetStyle() %>'>)</span>
                </td>
            </tr>
        </ItemTemplate>
    </asp:ListView>

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        var values = new[] { 
            new { Item = 123.12},
            new { Item = -133.34}
        };

        MainListView.DataSource = values;
        MainListView.DataBind();
    }

    protected string GetStyle()
    {
        if ((double)Eval("Item") < 0)
            return string.Empty;
        else
            return "color: white;";
    }